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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
It's a change of scenery, customer and supply chain for Skellerup’s incoming agri division head, Hayley Gourley.
The Government is spending nearly $6 million to stop Australian beekeepers marketing their products as ‘mānuka’ honey.
Farmer confidence has plummeted in the last quarter, with Government policy cited as the chief reason, says Rabobank.
A 2017 commissioned Massey University report on the NZ Goat Industry will disappoint many.
The US-JAPAN trade deal might impact on New Zealand beef, cheese and other exports to Japan and is almost certainly in breach of World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, says a trade expert.
It was hard for Suzanne Giesen when her husband John died. She was just 32, had five children aged from 1 to 11 and had a farm to run. More than 50 years later she is still living and working on the farm.
The $750 million New Zealand pork industry needs farmers’ help to keep out the deadly African swine fever virus.
In an electronic world, getting teenagers interested in careers in agriculture or horticulture is an uphill struggle.
NZ meat industry special envoy on Brexit, Jeff Grant attended the 88th National Ploughing Championships in Ireland, where discussions of Brexit was a common theme.
UK and Irish farmers are united in their concern about the way the Brexit negotiations are heading, with a no-deal looking a real possibility.
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Farmers are welcoming the appointment of Tararua farmer Mel Poulton to the position of Special Agricultural Trade Envoy for New Zealand.
Northland National MP Matt King says he has never seen farmer morale so low.
New Zealand is the only country actively considering a compulsory price on biological greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) confirms.
Taxpayers forked out at least $31,000 sending Primary Sector Council (PSC) members to an agribusiness bootcamp at Stanford University in California, USA, in July.
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